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Monday, October 29, 2012

The Gonzaga women wrapped up their final homestand with a split, blanking Loyola Marymount and falling narrowly to Pepperdine. The Bulldog men were winless on their trip to California. Washington State heads into the state derby on the heels of a pair of victories over their Oregon neighbors.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE – WOMEN

ThursdayBYU 4 :: 1 San Diego

Lauren Luke, Gonzaga

FridayLoyola Marymount 0 :: 2 Gonzaga
Tori Lee was the hero on the day, delivering a cross to Lauren Luke just over six minutes into the contest for the opening goal and finding the head of Cricket Harber in the 72nd minute to lock up the victory. Susan Brown made four saves for the shutout. – MORE

Pepperdine 1 :: 3 Portland

Santa Clara 2 :: 2 San Francisco
The visiting Broncos took a two-goal lead courtesy of Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID), who found Paige Robertson in the seventh minute and then Allie Vernon in the 31st before giving up two goals on either side of the break for the draw.

SaturdaySaint Mary’s 0 :: 5 BYU

SundaySan Diego 2 :: 3 Santa Clara
Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID) provided the opening goal in the 12th minute as the Broncos took a two goal lead before again allowing the opposition to rally back to pull even. This time, however, Huerta found Meleana Shim for the winning strike in the 88th.

Loyola Marymount 0 :: 2 Portland

Pepperdine 1 :: 0 Gonzaga
Susan Brown was a standout between the pipes with seven saves, but a close-range finish from Lynn Williams spoiled the performance in the 86th minute. – MORE

SundayGonzaga 1 :: 3 Santa Clara
Erik Hurtado gave the Broncos a two goal lead in the first 15 minutes before Zach Hamer (Spokane, WA) gave the Bulldogs some hope. Hurtado sealed the deal with his third from the spot in the 88th. – MORE

Portland 2 :: 3 Saint Mary’s
Trailing at the break Ricardo Carrillo finished off a cross from five yards out to pull the Pilots even. The Gaels took the lead two more times, however, to claim the win.

Oregon State 1 :: 2 Washington State
Kourtney Guetlein found Jocelyn Jeffers for the opening strike 20 minutes into the contest only to see the visiting Beavers answer just under five minutes before intermission. Brandi Vega, however, fired a shot in the 70th that was deflected by a defender to Nicole Setterland, who looped it over the keeper for the win. – MORE

SundayOregon 0 :: 1 Washington State
After creating the opportunity for the winning strike two days before Brandi Vega found the winner herself, beating a defender and the keeper in the 37th minute while the defense limited the Ducks to six shots, allowing Gurveen Clair to post the clean sheet with one save. – MORE